Retaining its excellent reputation as one of the best engineering schools, Mechanical Engineering ranks 1 in the 2018 Guardian university league tables, moving up three places from last year's position as number 4.

The University of Leeds engineering subjects are ranked as follows for 2018:

Civil Engineering, 3

Computer Science and Information Systems, 9

Electronic and Electrical Engineering, 3

Mechanical Engineering, 1

Chemical Engineering, 14

The University of Leeds has also moved up from last year, rising from position 16 in 2017 to 14 in 2018.

Further information

Published annually, the Guardian’s league tables rank universities according to a number of indicators including: spending per student, the student-staff ratio, graduate career prospects, and results from the annual National Student Survey (NSS), among others.